Mortgage Refinance

North Carolina's singing senator has recorded a song is critical of the marijuana and alcohol charges filed against members of singer-songwriter Willie Nelson's band in January.

Federal prosecutors say a former aide to ex-North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley should go on trial this spring because Ruffin Poole and his attorney have had enough time and help to prepare.

North Carolina officials have received applications from about 60 fishermen who want to plant oyster shells to enhance shellfish habitat.

The U.S. consul general for Saskatchewan, Alberta and the N.W.T. says she can feel the economic opportunity brewing here since being appointed to the position eight months ago.

The Federal Trade Commission and 35 state attorneys general, including North Carolina, have determined that a high-profile identity-theft protection company has not lived up to its pledges.

The eldest son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in a North Carolina political appearance he doesn't expect his father to make a run for president in 2012.

Firefighters in North Carolina's largest city say they've controlled a fire at an apartment complex after rescuing at least six people.

SELMA A mother and her child have been found dead in an apartment fire in North Carolina.

RALEIGH Recovery from job losses caused by the Great Recession could stretch to five years or more in North Carolina, two to four times longer than after prior economic downturns.

An airport in Washington. A highway in Illinois. A 7-foot-tall statue in the Capitol Rotunda.

Gov. Beverly Perdue visited Franklin Graham's relief organization during a trip to the North Carolina mountains to see what Samaritan's Purse is doing around the world.

North Carolina prisoners can write and try to publish manuscripts after the state and the American Civil Liberties Union reached a settlement.

New high-tech handrest for doctors, artists causes less fatigue Engineers at the University of Utah have come up with a new computer-controlled, motorized handrest that will help doctors, artists and others control scalpels, brushes and tools more accurately over a wider area with less fatigue.

A new report shows North Carolina got nearly $12 billion and South Carolina more than $5 billion in 2008 for programs including health, highways and housing, based on the most recent census.

A legislative committee examining whether changes should be made to how North Carolina sells liquor will hold its first meeting by reviewing an earlier study by General Assembly researchers.

Children who have been abused psychologically, physically or sexually are more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain and nausea or vomiting than children who have not been abused, a study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers concludes.

AS THE CALENDAR advances toward springtime and the reconvening of the General Assembly in May for its short session moves closer, the voices of those who would have lawmakers increase taxes are becoming increasingly louder.

U.S. researchers estimate that an 18 percent tax on pizza and soda can push down U.S. adults' calorie intake enough to lower their average weight by 5 pounds per year.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is stopping in North Carolina to talk up a new television commercial he hopes will generate campaign funds for the GOP.

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is speaking to students in North Carolina.